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SB 143

AN ACT concerning elevators; relating to the elevator safety act; redefining the term elevator; modifying the requirements for licensure, inspection and testing of elevators and adoption of rules and regulations by the state fire marshal; permitting inspections by insurance companies; requiring notification to the state fire marshal of certain elevator accidents; prohibiting the use of elevators following such accidents until approved by the state fire marshal; providing for the use of labels by the state fire marshal to affix to elevators not authorized for use; providing that failure to notify the state fire marshal of an accident; removing an affixed label or operating an elevator in violation of an affixed label constitutes class A nonperson misdemeanors; removing requirements that inspections be conducted by licensed elevator inspectors and providing that licensed elevator mechanics or the employees of licensees may conduct such inspections; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 44-1802, 44-1805, 44-1807, 44-1815, 44-1816 and 44-1819 and repealing the existing sections.

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House - Final Action - Substitute passed; - 03/26/2024

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (107):

Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blew, Blex, Bloom, Borjon, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Collins, Concannon, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Dodson, Droge, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Francis, Garber, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Hawkins, Helgerson, Highberger, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Humphries, Johnson, Kessler, Landwehr, Lewis, Martinez, Mason, Maughan, McDonald, McNorton, Melton, D. Miller, S. Miller, V. Miller, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Neighbor, Oropeza, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Poskin, Probst, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Robinson, Roth, L. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, Sanders, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Seiwert, A. Smith, C. Smith, E. Smith, Stiens, Stogsdill, Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Turk, Turner, Underhill, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, K. Williams, Winn, Younger,

Nay - (15):

Alcala, Carmichael, Carr, Featherston, Haswood, Hougland, Hoye, Jacobs, Meyer, Ohaebosim, Osman, Ousley, Poetter Parshall, Vaughn, Xu,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (3):

Houser, L. Williams, Woodard,

Not Voting - (0):